October 2007 Archives

Radiohead are about to change the entire record industry. As one of the most popular modern rock acts currently in existance, they've opted to release their seventh album themselves, where you can either download it on October 10th or you can get a discbox version of the album on December 3rd that comes with an extra disc of completely new material.

The album, In Rainbows, has been complete for about a month, but the band has said they are meeting with labels about its release. The decision to put the album out with no label, no advance copies, no advertising, and no major in-store support is an amazing chance to really test the waters of how far a major band can go without a major label.

Oh, and did I mention that its pay what you want! Ha. Awesome. Here's the tracklisting:

CD 1 AND VINYL 15 STEP BODYSNATCHERS NUDE WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI ALL I NEED FAUST ARP RECKONER HOUSE OF CARDS JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE VIDEOTAPE

CD 2
MK 1
DOWN IS THE NEW UP
GO SLOWLY
MK 2
LAST FLOWERS
UP ON THE LADDER
BANGERS AND MASH
4 MINUTE WARNING

You can buy the album here...........

DOWNLOAD: Radiohead - "Arpeggi"

This piece in the New Yorker caught my attention:

So Janet Reno was hanging out by the jukebox at Manitoba’s last Wednesday afternoon, down on Avenue B. She was sitting in a booth, sipping from a bottle of water, and staring straight ahead, in the direction of daylight, which there isn’t much of in Manitoba’s. She had on a black pants suit and moccasins. Her eyeglasses were a bit smudged. The owner of the bar, Handsome Dick Manitoba, the lead singer for the Dictators, the proto-punk band, had fed the jukebox with dollar bills, granting Reno credit for fifteen songs.

Read the entire "Talk of the Town" piece by Nick Paumgarten here......

The premiere of Saturday Night Live featured singing dork Andy Samberg, along with Maroon 5's Adam Levine and Jake Gyllenhaal, as he sang a gay love song to his dream boy, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

And on Friday, WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show did a segment with Arsham Parsi, the executive director of the Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO) and is originally from Iran. He had to flee Iran in 2001 because of his activism surrounding homosexuality. Listen here.....

Van Halen kicked off their world tour in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday night. They played eight tracks from Van Halen (1978), three tracks from Van Halen II (1979), three tracks from Women and Children First (1980), three tracks from Fair Warning (1981), two tracks from Diver Down (1982) and five tracks from 1984 (1984).

The setlist, which isn't expected to change, after the jump........

It's about freakin' time:

A Los Angeles judge on Monday took away Britney Spears‘ custody of her two children, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1.

The former pop star, who the court labeled a frequent and habitual user of drugs and alcohol, must turn over custody of her kids to Kevin Federline by Wednesday.

The children will stay with K-Fed indefinitely, as he has been granted 100% full physical custody of the boys.

However, despite losing custody of her sons, the court specified on Monday that Spears must still adhere to the orders from a September 17th.

Those orders include:

- Random drug testing.

- Attending individual counseling at least once a week to address parenting issues.

- Meeting with a parenting coach for a minimum of 8 hours a week, in at least two sessions a week.

Who would have thunk that Kevin would be the mature, responsible one. I thought these kids would end up with Brit's mom or something......

What the fuck is wrong with our government?!?! I continue to be in shock and awe of their actions. Here's the latest disaster to emerge from the Democrat controlled Senate:

Thwarted in efforts to bring troops home from Iraq, Senate Democrats on Monday helped pass a defense policy bill authorizing another $150 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The 92-3 vote comes as the House planned to approve separate legislation Tuesday that requires President Bush to give Congress a plan for eventual troop withdrawals.

Hoping the political landscape changes in coming months, Democratic leaders say they will renew their fight when Congress considers the money Bush wants in war funding.

While the Senate policy bill authorizes the money to be spent, it does not guarantee it; Bush will have to wait until Congress passes a separate appropriations bill before war funds are transferred to military coffers.

Democrats say their options include directing that the money be spent on bringing troops home instead of combat; setting a date when money for the war is cut off, and identifying a goal to end the war to try to pressure Bush to bring troops home.

Similar attempts have been made but fell short of the 60 votes needed to overcome procedural hurdles in the Senate.

In addition to war money, the Senate's defense policy bill authorizes more than a half trillion dollars in annual military programs, including such big-ticket items as $10.1 billion for missile defense.

Republicans predict the bill is on track to be vetoed by President Bush because it includes hate-crimes legislation by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. The White House has said Kennedy's proposal, which would let federal law enforcement help states prosecute attacks on gays, is unnecessary.

The Nay votes were cast by Senators Feingold (D-WI), Byrd (D-WV) and Coburn (R-OK).

Not voting were Presidential hopefuls McCain (R-AZ), Dodd (D-CT), Clinton (D-NY), Obama (D-IL) and Biden (D-DE).

"The Anti-Matter Anthology: A Book Release Concert & Benefit for Callum Robbins" shows that will feature a reunion of Snapcase have announced a second date. The gigs will happen on November 24th and 25th at The Music Hall of Williamsburg

108 and Triple Threat will open the show and Norman Brannon from Texas is the Reason will host the shindig. Tickets for both shows go on sale this Friday, October 5 at noon.

The beneficiary of the show will be Callum Robbins, the son of J. Robbins of Jawbox. Cal was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy last year and there has been support from many friends of the Robbins' with the most recent including a sold-out Dismemberment Plan reunion and a 31-track compilation featuring songs from Jawbreaker, Mission of Burma and many others..........

Daft Punk's Keypsan Park show may have just got a late challenger to their show of the year!

Spiritualized have announced a November 16th performance at Harlem's Apollo Theater. The "Acoustic Mainlines" performance will include the music of Spiritualized, Spacemen 3 and others. Spiritualized will be accompanied by a string quartet and gospel singers.

Tickets go on sale Friday, October 5th, at 10am..........

Just in case you didn't know, Google has launched their own version of 411 and its free. The number is 1-800-GOOG-411. Program that shit into your phone. The system has been in beta for almost a year, but its officially up and running now.......

Metromix and Fleet Team Booking have teamed up for an official CMJ Showcase at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 20th. The bill will feature Matt & Kim, Flosstradamus, The Hood Internet and Art Goblins. Tickets are $5 and now on sale.....

Get tickets here......

Simian Mobile Disco was supposed to do a DJ set at the Cheeky B*stard Party at the Hiro Ballroom tonight, but have been forced to cancel after James Ford was injured. Replacing them will be Bloc Party's Kele Okereke. RSVP Here. Here's the story:

True story... James Ford of Simian Mobile Disoc was playing soccer with the Arctic Monkeys and broke his collar bone (don't worry folks, he is going to be okay). Unfortunately he won't be able to DJ for us this week as his Doctor told him not to... Funnily enough though, our friends Bloc Party are in town, and were planning to stop by Hiro on Thursday (after their appearance on the Conan O Brien show). So after a little gentle persuasion, we can announce that Kele (along with one or two other as yet unspecified members of the band) will be filling the big hole that James left behind, and deejaying for us at this week's Cheeky B*stard Party.

Last night, Bloc Party played the WAMU Theatre with Tokyo Police Club and Smoosh. I didn't find the energy to be as high as it normally is during a Bloc Party show, but the band did produce some highlights. The surprise inclusion of b-side "“The Once And Future King” was an early one, but it was really the killer encores that made the show.

They started off the first encore with a new song called "FLUX," that they'll perform again tonight on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and then release as a stand-alone single on November 12th. During "She's Hearing Voices," Kele made his way into the energized crowd and then followed it up with fabulous version of "Helicopter" in which Smoosh joined them on stage..............

BLOC PARTY | WAMU THEATRE | 10-3-2007
Song For Clay (Disappear Here) / Positive Tension / Blue Light / Hunting For Witches / Waiting For The 7:18 / Banquet / This Modern Love / The Prayer / The Once And Future King / Uniform / So Here We Are / Like Eating Glass // Flux // Sunday // She's Hearing Voices //Helicopter /// Pioneers

We've been supporters of Celebration for quite some time (they headlined the second Product Show NYC party at the now closed Rothko) and we're really digging their second LP, The Modern Tribe.

The energetic three piece has a bunch of upcoming shows, including tonight at UnionDocs Bodega in Williamsburg, as well as CMJ shows at Union Hall and Brooklyn Vegan's free day party at Pianos. They then return to NYC in November for a headlining show at Bowery Ballroom.

Phew, that should be enough celebration for a little while......

DOWNLOAD: Celebration - "Heartbreak"
DOWNLOAD: Celebration - "Evergreen"

CELEBRATION TOUR DATES
Thur 10/4/07 Brooklyn, NY UnionDocs Bodega (322 Union Ave)
Tue 10/16/07 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool
Wed 10/17/07 New York, NY Pianos (Brooklyn Vegan Day Party)
Wed 10/24/07 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel
Thu 10/25/07 Durham, NC Duke Coffeehouse
Fri 10/26/07 Charleston, SC The Map Room
Sat 10/27/07 Orlando, FL Taste
Sun 10/28/07 Tampa, FL New World Brewery
Mon 10/29/07 Atlanta, GA The Earl
Tue 10/30/07 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
Wed 10/31/07 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree
Fri 11/2/07 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
Sat 11/3/07 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves
Sun 11/4/07 Austin, TX Fun Fun Fun Fest
Wed 11/7/07 Phoenix, AZ Casa Blanca Lounge
Thu 11/8/07 San Diego, CA Casbah
Fri 11/9/07 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
Sun 11/11/07 San Francisco, CA The Independent
Mon 11/12/07 Portland, OR Rotture
Tue 11/13/07 Seattle, WA Crocodile Café
Wed 11/14/07 Vancouver, BC Plaza Club
Fri 11/16/07 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
Sat 11/17/07 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Mon 11/19/07 Omaha, NE Slowdown, Jr.
Tue 11/20/07 Fargo, ND Aquarium
Wed 11/21/07 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
Fri 11/23/07 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Sat 11/24/07 Bloomington, IN Waldron Arts Center
Wes 11/28 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

Tiny Masters of Today finally put out Bang Bang Boom Cake, their impressive debut album that's just be released from Mute. My favorite track happens to be "Hologram," which is the one that features Yeah Yeah Yeah's Karen O and Nick Zinner.

Also, you think the cover is reminiscent of that picture of Kurt from inside Nirvana's Bleach LP on purpose?

DOWNLOAD: Tiny Masters of Today - "Hologram (featuring Karen O & Nick Zinner)"

TINY MASTERS OF TODAY TOUR DATES
Oct 14 2007 4:00P Sound Fix Records In-Store Brooklyn, New York
Oct 16 2007 10:00P Club NME @ The Annex New York, New York
Oct 18 2007 8:00P World’s Fair CMJ Showcase @ Bowery Ballroom, w/ British Sea Power, Pela, 1990s new york, New York

The record industry won a major victory in their battle against peer-to-peer music servers. A federal jury unanimously found a thirty year-old Minnesota single mother Jammie Thomas guilty of shared copyrighted music online.

The court levied $222,000 in damages against her. While the six record companies that sued her alleged she had shared 1,702 songs, they focused on 24 songs only and charged her $9,250 for uploading each of those tracks...........

A judge shot down Idaho's Republican Senator Larry Craig's request to withdraw his guilty plea for soliciting gay sex in a men's room at Minneapolis airport.

"Because the defendant's plea was accurate, voluntary and intelligent, and because the conviction is supported by the evidence ... the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea is denied," Hennepin County Judge Charles Porter wrote.

But, in shocking move, the closeted Senator who always votes against anything that would create equal (or any) rights for homosexuals, has decided to stay in the Senate until the end of his term in 2008.

In related news, Minneapolis has previously been selected by the Republican National Committee to host the 2008 Republican Presidential Convention. I have a feeling that that bathroom is going to get a whole of television airtime, especially from The Daily Show........

Our dumb President. His message to poor children: "Get a job you lazy s.o.b.'s.".....

Bush's fourth veto Wednesday - rejecting legislation to expand a children's health insurance program to cover 4 million more kids - could prove the most controversial and costly to members of his Republican Party running for election next fall.

House and Senate Republicans are divided over the measure. Polls show the public favors expanding the program to help kids from low-income families who are not poor enough to qualify for government health care but still lack health insurance. The legislation is backed by 43 governors - including California Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger - who say the program isn't keeping pace with the swelling ranks of uninsured children.

In California, the legislation would provide 607,000 more children with insurance in addition to the 1.1 million who already benefit from the program.

The timing of the veto sets up an unenviable comparison for the White House. The president just sent a request to Congress for $189 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan next year. By contrast, the expanded children's health program would cost $60 billion over five years.

Bush most vocal supporter is Senator McCain.....

We were just talking about the Republican Presidential Convention and now we get this: the official logo for the 2008 Republican Presidential Convention. Lets see:

Wide stance? Check. In Minneapolis? Check. Prison stripe? Check. Starry eyed? Check. Elephant screwing 2008? Check.

The Republicans are making this way to easy.....

An updated schedule for the 2007 CMJ Music Marathon. Anything getting you excited? Whom do you consider this year's buzz band? Seriously, anything turning you on.......

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16
PIANOS | Sam Champion, The Octagon, Rocketship Park, Benji Cossa, Two Man Gentleman Band, LOOKER, Unsacred Hearts
SILENT BARN | Dan Deacon, Deathset, Juiceboxxx, Team Robespierre, DD/MM/YYYY
MERCURY LOUNGE | Weston, Garrett Klahn, Aeroplane Pageant
GALAPAGOS | Cheeseburger, Via Audio, Tacks, the Boy Disaster, White Denim, Juiceboxxx
LUNA LOUNGE | The Hollow Sound, Breaking Laces, People Noise (ex-VHS or Beta), Unlove
HIRO BALLROOM | Cheeky B*stard w/ James Murphy, Annie Mac
BLENDER THEATRE | Q-Tip
BOWERY BALLROOM | Brooklyn Vegan Presents The Rosebuds, Dean & Britta, The Most Serene Republic, Miracle Fortress, The Shaky Hands, Bon Iver
UNION POOL | Celebration, Dragons of Zynth, Tall Firs, Effi Briest
WEBSTER HALL | Bouncing Souls, Lifetime, Modern Life is War, The Low Budgets (ex-Dead Milkmen)
ARLENES GROCERY | The Teenage Prayers
PUCK BUILDING | 1090 Club, Takka Takka, Section Quartet, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Jennifer O'Conner

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17
MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG | After the Jump Fest presents: A Place to Bury Strangers, Foals, Cadence Weapon, Sam Champion, Yeasayer, Alberta Cross
FILLMORE NY | Serj Tankian, The Nightwatchmen
BOWERY BALLROOM | Deerhunter, Dan Deacon, No Age, White Williams
HIRO | A-Trak, DJ Mehdi, Kid Sister, The Cool Kids, Kavinsky, Nick Catchdubs
KNITTING FACTOARY | Oh My Rockness presents: We Are Wolves, Ida Maria, Monomen, Team Robespierre, Golden City
UNION POOL | The Black Swans, Lewis & Clarke, Dragon Turtle, Strand of Oaks
HIGHLINE | Global Drum Project featuring Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, & Giovanni Hidalgo
SOUTHPAW | Holly Beth Vincent (Holly and the Italians), Nikki Corvette and the Stingrays, the Little Girls, Miss Georgia Peach, and Black Tie Revue
LIONS DEN | Meat Puppets, Via Audio, Charlemagne, The Valley Area
LUNA LOUNGE | K Records Showcase: Saturday Looks Good to Me, Hornet Leg, Jeremy Jay, Adrian Orange
MO PITKINS | Will Kevans, Ladyfingers, Alpha Rev, Sister Suvi
CANAL ROOM | Christopher Denny, Arizona, Air Traffic, Division Day, Die Romantik, Dragonette
CLUB MIDWAY | Hot IQs, Care Bears On Fire, Mary Trembles, Let's Go Sailing, The Panda Band, Heartbreak Club, Four Trips Ahead
DON PEDROS | Mannequin Men, The Coathangers, The Clean Teens
GALAPAGOS | Holy Fuck, Cadence Weapon, Videohippos, New Violators, Oh No! Oh My!, Turbo Fruits, Bald Eagle, Titus Andronicus
BLENDER THEATRE | Xiu Xiu, Marnie Stern, Mary Timony, Mika Miko
SOUNDFIX RECORDS | Balthrop, Alabama, The Big Sleep, The Muggabears, The Jealous Girlfriends, Elk City, Aeroplane Pageant, Pre, Fatal Flyin' Guillotines
STUDIO B | Thunderheist, The Glamour
THE DELANCEY | Connan and The Mockasins, Oh No! Oh My!, The Deadly Syndrome, Foreign Born, The Red Romance, Cut Off Your Hands, The Wildbirds, Five O'Clock Heroes
R BAR | The Gaskets, Bearclaws
PIANOS | Holy Hail, Shock Cinema, Monsters Are Waiting, Mixel Pixel, The iOs
EUROPA | Theo & The Skyscrapers, Excellent, Bloody Social
PUCK BUILDING | Alberta Cross, Eskimo Joe, Roarke, Rock Plaza Central
PIANOS (DAY) | Brooklyn Vegan presents Meat Puppets, Celebration, Cut Off Your Hands

THURSDAY OCTOBER 18
BOWERY BALLROOM | British Sea Power, Pela, 1990s, Tiny Masters of Today, Stardeath And White Dwarfs, The Grey Race
STUDIO B | New Young Pony Club, Muscles, Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set), The Cool Kids
GALAPAGOS | Deli Magazine presents: The Giraffes, Beat the Devil, FIGO, Prairie Cartel
HIGHLINE | Islands (ex-Unicorns), ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, The Octopus Project, Enon, Yo Majesty
SOUTHPAW | Imperial Teen
THE ANNEX | Mates of State, Jack Penate
LUNA LOUNGE | Witchcraft, Saviours, Danava, Turzi, Audionom, Blood Ceremony
FILLMORE NY | Mute Math, Eisley, Spank Rock
MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG | Simian Mobile Disco, Invisible Conga People
TOWN HALL | Stars
UNION HALL | Division Day, The 1900's, Let's Go Sailing
WEBSTER HALL | Unkle, Holy Fuck, The Teenagers
KNITTING FACTORY TAP | The Loved Ones, Tim Barry, Smoke or Fire, The Falcon, American Steel, Fake Problems, Sundowner
KNITTING FACTORY MAIN | St. Vincent, His Name is Alive, Bowerbirds, Papercuts, Le Loup, Speck Mountain
BLENDER THEATRE | Datarock, Death of Fashion, The Epochs
SOUNDFIX RECORDS | Ludlow Lions, El May, Scissors for Lefty, The Forms, Apes
TERMINAL 5 | M.I.A.
CLUB ELEMENT | Krs-One
HIRO BALLROOM | Shout Out Out Out, Foreign Islands
ARLENES GROCERY | The Affair, Palomar, Get Him Eat Him, Hallelujah The Hills

FRIDAY OCTOBER 19
HIGHLINE | Coheed & Cambria
SOUTHPAW | The Dirtbombs, The Intelligence, Turbo Fruits
UNION POOL | O'Death, Takka Takka, The Black Hollies, Chris Mills
WEBSTER HALL | Ghostland Observatory
KNITTING FACTORY | Aids Wolf, Ruins, Old Time Relijun, Japanther, Sightings
LUNA LOOUNGE | The Warlocks, Earthless, Blackstrap, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, Ancestors
FILLMORE NY | Noisettes, Earl Greyhound, Santogold
GALAPAGOS | The Vandelles, A Place to Bury Strangers, Jay Reatard, Shock Cinema, Miss Alex White, Cadence Weapon, Foreign Born, Holy Hail, Fatal Flyin' Guillotines, Picastro, Blackstrap, The Muggabears, Cale Parks, Le Loup, The Deadly Syndrome, The Coast, Chairlift, Foals, Spirit Marines
CLUB MIDWAY | Hull, Illinois, The Jealous Girlfriends, Jack, Bonk, The Hot Springs
BOWERY BALLROOM | The Spinto Band, Sons and Daughters, The Maccabees, Alberta Cross, Sahara Hotnights, The 1900's, Drug Rug
MICHELINES | Oppenheimer, Le Rug, Ollie Byrd
MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG | EL-P, Mr. Dibbs, Yak Ballz, Hangar 18, Activator, Despot, Junk Science, Cool Calm Pete
PETES CANDY STORE | The Black Swans, Lee Bob Watson, Aaron Ross, Mariee Sioux
SILENT BARN | Excepter, Yellow Swans, Mouthus, John Weise, Carlos Giffoni
SOUNDFIX RECORDS | The Finches, Georgie James, The Brunettes, Craig Wedren (ex-Shudder to Think), Orba Squara
STUDIO B | MSTRKRFT, Z-Trip, Troublemaker, Lazaro Casanova
TERMINAL 5 | M.I.A.
THE DELANCEY | Bound Stems, The Narrator, Cale Parks, Mannequin Men, Picastro, Bling Kong
TRASH | La Laque, The Shapes, Demetra, Mason Proper, Modico
CRASH MANSION | MGMT, Foreign Islands, Wild Light
THE ANNEX | After the Jump and Indie Outlaw present: The Antlers, Nous Non Plus, The Silent Years, The Pendletons, Cary Ann Hears, Dead Confederate, Morning State

SATURDAY OCTOBER 20
HIGHLINE | Little Brother, Brother Ali, Evidence (of Dilated Peoples)
ROSELAND | Spoon, The Ponys
TERMINAL 5 | Justice, Midnight Juggernauts
SOUTHPAW | Kevin Devine, Owen, Andy Hull
UNION HALL | The Mugs, Beat Radio, Aeroplane Pageant, Princeton
UNION POOL | DeadString Brothers, Ha Ha Tonka, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, The Silos
BOWERY | Band of Horses, Le Loup, The Brunettes
KNITTING FACTORY | Saves the Day (acoustic), The New Amsterdams, The Color Fred (Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday)
CLUB MIDWAY | The Flesh, Goes Cube, The Forms, Mussels, Four Fifty One
COOPER PARK | The So So Glos, Animandible, Fiasco, Lidia Stone, Fifty on Their Heels, Ava Luna, Brightside (ex-Aqui), Abstract Artimus
DEATH BY AUDIO | AIDS Wolf, Sightings, Ruins, Health, Yip Yip, Made in Mexico, Shellshag
GALAPAGOS | Andy Rourke (ex_The Smiths), Le Loup, Get Him Eat Him, Essie Jain, TK Webb, SLARAFFENLAND, Paul Duncan, Stars Like Fleas
THE DELANCEY | The Vandelles, El Jezel, Up the Empire, A Place to Bury Strangers, Man in Gray, Mancino, Gold Streets, Secret Life of Sofia, Chop Shop
LIT | Elk City, Camphor, Magnolia Summer, Jumbling Towers, Finns Motel
MAGNETIC FIELDS | The Ettes, Muck & The Mires, Hard Feelings
MERCURY LOUNGE | Tigercity, The Harlem Shakes, Professor Murder, Georgie James, Dragons of Zynth, Baby Dayliner, New Violators
MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG | Matt & Kim, Flosstradamus, The Hood Internet Project, Art Goblins
SOUNDFIX | Imperial Teen, The Rosebuds, The Broken West
THE YARD | After the Jump's Mini Fall Fest: White Magic, O'death, Old Time Relijun, Eagle Seagull, The Lisps, Balthrop Alabama, Two Man Gentlemen Band

We're feeling super sentimental and romantic hear the Product Shop NYC headquarters. So much love is in the air that we just had to share our joy with you. This playlist for this weeks Sirius Blog Radio kind of reflects that mood.

We held a contest asking people to guess the actual theme of the show and two folks out of about 300+ responses got it right. We've sent them nice little gifts. If you were listening to Sirius Left of Center, then you could have entered. The playlist is after the jump.........

As we told you yesterday, Bloc Party are putting out a new song called "Flux," which they debuted at the WAMU Theater at Madison Square Garden. The clip is now online and posted above.....

Arcade Fire will be taking part in Australia and New Zealand's 2008 Big Day Out Traveling Festival. Also on the bill are Rage Against the Machine, Bjork, Grinspoon, Arcade Fire, Hilltop Hoods, Billy Bragg, Paul Kelly, Sarah Blasko, Faker, Midnight Juggernauts, Dizzee Rascal, Something With Numbers, Battles, Cut Off Your Hands and LCD Soundsystem, whom Arcade Fire will be playing with tomorrow at Randall's Island in New York City.

Here's the set times:

9:15pm---Arcade Fire
7:55pm---LCD Soundsystem
6:50pm---Blonde Redhead
5:50pm---Les Savy Fav
5:00pm---Wild Light
3:30pm---Doors Open
2:00pm---On-Site Box Office Opens

Mass transit is the quickest and easiest way to the island. Take the 4,5 or 6 train to 125th Street and transfer upstairs to the X80 Express Bus. From Queens and Long Island, take the 7 train or the LIRR train to 61st St. and Woodside and transfer to the X81 Express Bus. Round-trip fare is $5.00 and payable upon boarding by a standard metrocard